What if everyone met their medicine offer?

In the EXTREMELY rare (almost impossible case) where every person met their offer what would happen? for medicine they offer 100-300 more offers than spaces available - but what would happen if all of these people met their offer? Would they be forced to intake a huge number of people?

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Reply 1

Kevlar123

Normally Uni's have measures in place to prevent this from happening. It has happened however that there are more offers than spaces. Typically Uni's ask or offer financial incentive for people to defer like £1000's but they would be obliged to take them on.

Reply 2

MMS2015

Don't forget that some of the people that get an offer will decline as they get an offer elsewhere, it's not just grade dependent. Apparently at Leeds a few years ago more people accepted the offer than they expected, so people were squashed in for lectures and they got a fine-they don't over-offer by that much nowadays though.

Reply 3

nexttime

They'd have to deal with it in whatever way they could.

Most of that is people declining rather than missed grades. Unis that people don't turn down frequently only over-offer by small margin.

Reply 4

honestly

more doctors, better rate of pay/working time/ quality of their life and the care they provide! If the chancellor can find money for shoddy propaganda leaflets, wars and foreign aid; which inevitably goes into the hands of dictators and wealthy elites, then Im sure he could budget more medical school places and wages for junior doctors. :smile:

Reply 5

LibertyMan

They would study in sheds

Reply 6

patheticboy

The uni gets fined and has to pool more resources into the facilities to make them stretch.
Grade boundaries and entrance requirements would go up the following year to make it harder.
I'm sure many people would drop out due to the course being far too full and feeling like they arent being catered for. The uni might lose some of its reputation.

Reply 7

Helenia

Original post by honestly

Yes, because wages for junior doctors are doing really well at the moment, and not in any way under threat.

Reply 8

honestly

Original post by Helenia

Yes, because wages for junior doctors are doing really well at the moment, and not in any way under threat.

I thought that not long after posting, wages for juniors and even trainees is very good! :wink:

Reply 9

Helenia

Original post by honestly

I thought that not long after posting, wages for juniors and even trainees is very good! :wink:

Trainees and juniors are the same thing.

The wages are reasonable, but if you haven't noticed, the government is trying to rewrite the contract for junior doctors which is NOT going to improve pay or conditions.

Reply 10

999tigger

Uni are pretty skillful these days at not over offering. they can always fill up through clearing or raising the offer grades.

Reply 11

honestly

Original post by Helenia

I know.

Reply 12

Helenia

Original post by honestly

I know.

Then why make two posts which make you sound totally ignorant of the whole situation?

Reply 13

Jackso

Original post by Helenia

Then why make two posts which make you sound totally ignorant of the whole situation?

In fairness, the salary is still pretty good - £29kish is nothing to scoff at. Plus, a junior doctor will still eventually be pulling in up to almost £70k.

Reply 14

Helenia

Original post by Jackso

In fairness, the salary is still pretty good - £29kish is nothing to scoff at. Plus, a junior doctor will still eventually be pulling in up to almost £70k.

This is all true, and I acknowledged it above. But imagining that more people getting into medical school will lead to "better rate of pay/working time/ quality of their life and the care they provide!" or "Im sure he could budget more medical school places and wages for junior doctors" in the current political climate is, erm, unlikely.

Reply 15

not you

Original post by 999tigger

Uni are pretty skillful these days at not over offering. they can always fill up through clearing or raising the offer grades.

Pretty sure nowhere gives medicine places through clearing.

Reply 16

999tigger

Original post by not you

Pretty sure nowhere gives medicine places through clearing.

If they had a significant shortfall, then they wouldnt have an option. They have a lot of experience in getting it right through not over or under offering. The OPs scenario isn't likely to happen.

Reply 17

not you

Original post by 999tigger

If they had a significant shortfall, then they wouldnt have an option. They have a lot of experience in getting it right through not over or under offering. The OPs scenario isn't likely to happen.

well I doubt they would fill up empty spaces through clearing though, they would probably just send rejected applicants (who had interviews) offers instead of accepting people who haven't had any form of interview